Industrial welding inspections across the United States have increased by 41% over the past several years, according to a convergence of federal safety data, engineering boards, and industrial maintenance reports, signaling growing concern over the condition of the nation’s aging industrial infrastructure.

From refineries and food processing plants to power generation facilities and cement operations, much of America’s industrial backbone was constructed between the 1950s and 1980s. Today, those systems
Source: NDT